To the extent that higher oil prices push up headline inflation and so risk pushing wages higher, the Fed is likely to have to raise interest rates by more than many people now expect.
Wouldn't higher interest rates push up sterling and make exporters suffer even more?
This is the basis of the Balassa-Samuelson theory which holds that average prices will be higher in countries with higher productivity (ie, high GDP per head), because higher wages will push up prices in labour-intensive goods and services.
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Higher oil prices certainly push up the headline inflation rate.
But Abenomics faces risks, too, including the impact of increased public spending on Japan's already enormous national debt and whether higher inflation will also push up interest rates, raising borrowing costs.
Not only does a fixed rate prevent a central bank from using interest rates to prevent an economy from overheating (because higher interest rates would push up the value of the currency), but it also encourages too much foreign-currency borrowing when foreign interest rates are lower than local ones.
Expectations about faster growth and hence higher future profits have helped to push up share prices.
The stock market continued to push higher again last week as more market skeptics gave up on their bearish stance.
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The Fed's asset purchases help keep down U.S. bond yields, and higher U.S. yields could also push up yields on Japanese bonds.
Their ability to throw weight around can mean higher, return-eating fees that can push up costs for investors, even those who never go near a supermarket.
Unless Wall Street falls sharply or the dollar climbs (unlikely, given America's widening current-account deficit), the Fed, if it is to slow America's economy to prevent a pick-up in inflation, must push interest rates higher.
If the Bank decides that the minimum wage will spark off claims for higher pay from better-paid workers, it may push up interest rates.
Big shipping firms now support an official push for higher-quality fuels. (A new report suggests cleaning up marine fuels could save many lives.) Power plants are adding scrubbers.
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Opening up untapped natural gas and oil reserves would push those figures even higher.
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The opportunity to get a potentially higher return is starting to push Kilroy and a number of REITs to crank up new developments.
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The fear is that this might lead to higher inflation, and that the government's demand for funds will push up interest rates, crowd out private investment, weaken the financial system and leave the economy vulnerable if hit by a big macroeconomic shock.
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The sudden swing to hawkishness, which emerged in speeches delivered since the January meeting, helped push the domestic yield curve up and bond prices down as markets started to price in higher rates in the future.
On the bright side, higher sales of the more profitable pickups and luxury cars in the U.S., could push up its margins.
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